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  • A cardboard shipping box covered with multiple black and white "Flint Water" stickers.
    A cardboard shipping box covered with multiple black and white "Flint Water" stickers.

    Pope.L, Flint Water 12 Pack, 2017. Plastic bottles, water obtained from Flint, MI, cardboard box, overall: 9 3/4 × 13 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (24.8 × 33.3 × 24.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the List Purchase Fund 2019.17.4. © Pope.L

  • Three people sit at a curved diner counter under bright interior lights on a quiet city street.
    Three people sit at a curved diner counter under bright interior lights on a quiet city street.

    Edward Hopper, Study for Nighthawks, 1941 or 1942. Fabricated chalk and charcoal on paper, sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 in. (28.3 × 38.1 cm) Image (irregular): 8 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (20.6 × 35.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, Josephine N. Hopper Bequest, by exchange 2011.65. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • A painted wooden sculpture of a man and woman reaching hands as if dancing on a pedestal.
    A painted wooden sculpture of a man and woman reaching hands as if dancing on a pedestal.

    Elie Nadelman, Tango, c. 1920–1924. Painted and gessoed cherry wood, overall: 36 × 25 5/8 × 13 7/8 in. (91.4 × 65.1 × 35.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Altschul Purchase Fund, the Joan and Lester Avnet Purchase Fund, the Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch Purchase Fund, the Mrs. Robert C. Graham Purchase Fund in honor of John I.H. Baur, the Mrs. Percy Uris Purchase Fund and the Henry Schnakenberg Purchase Fund in honor of Juliana Force 88.1a-c. © Estate of Elie Nedelman

  • A Black man wearing a black beret, suit jacket, and slacks sits in a peacock chair. The back of his chair is various shades of grey and features glimpses of newspaper clippings throughout. He holds a spear in his left hand and a rifle in the other. The floor is rust colored with an irregularly shaped zebra print rug. The wall behind him is off-white with rust colored intersecting lines.
    A Black man wearing a black beret, suit jacket, and slacks sits in a peacock chair. The back of his chair is various shades of grey and features glimpses of newspaper clippings throughout. He holds a spear in his left hand and a rifle in the other. The floor is rust colored with an irregularly shaped zebra print rug. The wall behind him is off-white with rust colored intersecting lines.

    Henry Taylor, Huey Newton, 2007. Acrylic and collaged photocopies on canvas, overall: 94 9/16 × 76 1/4 in. (240.2 × 193.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg in honor of Adam D. Weinberg 2016.86. © Henry Taylor

  • Two juxtaposed profile views of the same woman, one with a large nose and one with a small nose
    Two juxtaposed profile views of the same woman, one with a large nose and one with a small nose

    Andy Warhol, Before and After, 4, 1962. Acrylic and graphite pencil on linen, overall: 72 1/8 × 99 3/4 in. (183.2 × 253.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Charles Simon 71.226. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • A series of fire hoses arranged vertically, painted in various shades of blue, green, orange, and white
    A series of fire hoses arranged vertically, painted in various shades of blue, green, orange, and white

    Theaster Gates, Minority Majority, 2012. Decommissioned fire hoses and vinyl on plywood, overall: 66 × 111 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (167.6 × 283.2 × 9.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Barbara and Michael Gamson 2016.262

On the Hour

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Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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